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diminishments

diminishments is the plural of diminishment.

Meaning of diminishment

Noun

diminishment (countable and uncountable, plural diminishments)

  1. The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
    • They also shewed forth the letters which hee had sent to the Duke of Irelande, to leuie an armie vnto theyr destruction. Likewise the letters which the Frenche king had written to him conteyning a safe conducte for him to come into Fraunce, there to confyrme things to the diminishment of his honor...1577, Raphael Holinshed et al., “King Richard the seconde”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, London: John Hunne, page 1037

Questions about diminishments

What is diminishments the plural of?
Diminishments is the plural of diminishment.

Words near diminishments in the dictionary

  1. diminishing
  2. diminishing returns
  3. diminishingly
  4. diminishings
  5. diminishment
  6. diminishments
  7. diminisht
  8. diminue
  9. diminuendo
  10. diminuendos
  11. diminuent

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